Longer than normal to launch the first time as Word rebuilds those 2 files. Shut down your Mac then launch Word once you restart. User/Library/Preferences remove the file: User/Library/Application Support/Microsoft/Office/User Templates We went directly to the Font concerns but apparently were In reviewing the conversation I see no reference to a couple of other Otherwise the files that are responsible never get touched. Even when reinstalling isĬalled for it's totally ineffective unless you runt the Remove Office & you also have to reapply the updates each time. Sorry for taking so long to get back to you but it's been a hectic week.įirst of all, though, stop reinstalling Office :-) As you've found, thatĭoes absolutely nothing to resolve an issue of this nature (and most others) I am sure this must be a bug in the recent version or something caused by incompatibility with Snow Leopard. However, even when I do that and continue writing on the same line, the font immediately goes back to Times New Roman. The only way I am able to actually change font for text is to type something in Times New Roman, then select what I typed and change the font manually for the selection. Cambria.Ģ) Selecting other fonts does not work (neither from the Formatting Palette, nor from anywhere else) - the font for typing always goes back to Times New Roman immediately (I even tried disabling Times New Roman in Font Book - without success).

So when I start writing, I write in Times New Roman instead of the default font, i.e. In a blank document (as well as in documents created elsewhere) with Cambria as the default font for Body the following happens:ġ) Times New Roman always overrides the default font for normal text immediately when I create a new document. Operating System: Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard)

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